Oil drilling Area Extension Plan Analyzed Further
City Council agreed to study a proposal to extend oil drilling to Wardlow Road area between California and Lewis Avenues. Proponents McKenzie and Hearrell argued the nearby well would drain their Wardlow Road holdings if not allowed. Council slow to extend drilling, planning gas and oil committee hearing after reports. McKenzie noted the parcel lies partly in Long Beach and Signal Hill, seeking drilling rights from both cities.
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Wardlow,Rd
California
Lewis Aves
Paulie McKenzie
F.C. Hearrell
Lime Ave
Wardlow Rd
Burton W. Chace
Council
Gas and Oil Committee
Raymond Kealer
McKenzie
Mes
Long Beach
Signal HU
Weather to Clear: Up Tomorrow
Overcast morning with sunshine expected tomorrow afternoon. Pacific storm approaches Oregon but stalls until late next week. Southern California may see cooler days and more cloudiness. Harbor fog reduced visibility to 1.5 miles at 6 am but no shipping disruption. Long Beach forecast calls for sunny afternoons, foggy mornings, and highs near 70s with mountain temperatures around 60s and desert near 100. Yesterday’s high reached 73 and low around 56.
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Weather Bureau
Oregon
Long Beach
Burned electrical worker recovering at hospital
Elmer Roiko, 45, of 1224 Phillips Street, is reported in very satisfactory condition at Seaside Hospital after suffering second and third degree burns and a hip injury. He was exposed to a 4000 volt line at the Southern California Edison Co. substation on Alamitos Avenue while at work Thursday. Hospital officials say his condition is not believed to be serious.
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Elmer Rollo
Phillips St
Seaside Hospital
Roiko
California Edison’ Co
Alamitos’ Ave
Attenches
Legal Technicality Narrows St Anthony R O T C Plan
Los Angeles County Counsel rules Long Beach Unified School District cannot partner with St Anthony High School in a joint ROTC unit due to state constitution and Army requirements. Superintendent Douglas A Newcomb reported the setback to the Board of Education yesterday.
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Os’ Angeles -County
Couns
Army
Ict
Asagent
Ordinance Sets Pier Area Rules Amid Sardine Trade Delays
Long Beach city council passed an ordinance granting Recreation Commission jurisdiction over the pier area as sardine fishing slows. A 60 foot platform addition is under review due to a missing price agreement and last minute negotiations with Fishermen’s Cooperative and boat owners. A union fishermen meeting is set for tomorrow to seek a final accord while tests and legal opinions influence the ongoing plans for the pier and buoyed dive operations.
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Recreation Commission
Long Beach
Rainbow Pier
Ordit
Nance
Co-operative Association
Gs ‘Ang
Co-Operative
Seyines
Otis Barton
Unified School District
Hancock
Kennedy
Opi Gta
Newcomb
Barton
Gen. James
Meade
U.S
M.C
C. T
Long
Aston
Long Beach Board Names Gompers and Alexander Hamilton Schools
Long Beach Unified School District officials voted to restore the Alexander Hamilton name for a junior high and to name a new Gompers Elementary School. A 70th Street site at Myrtle Avenue will house 56 to 700 students, per Superintendent Douglas A. Newcomb, while a Technical Institute replaces the Hamilton Junior High at Alamitos Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway. Two new North Long Beach junior highs aim to ease Lindbergh’s 1800-pupil load, with Gompers Elementary serving 800 homes planned in Takewood area near Wardlow Road, Spring Street, Bellflower Boulevard, and Clark Avenue. Construction not yet underway.
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Board of’ Education
Alexander Hamilton
Long Beach Unified
Samuel Gompers
Ifor
Tha Ame Tailvan Tinian Hieh
Aaie Jey Cua
70Th St
Myrtle Ave
Douglas A. Newcomb
Alamitos Ave
Pacific Coast Hwy
Hamilton
Technical Institute
North Long Beach
Lindbergh
Newcomb
Wardlow Rd
J. Spring St
Bellflower Blvd
Clark Ave
Fuel Space Added for Hughes Plane
Harbor Department leases space to Hughes Aircraft Corp for gasoline storage for the giant Hughes flying boat. A $20,000 retaining wall permit was issued for the new 100 by 125 foot facility, with the Hughes base expanding its fuel storage beyond the existing area. The plane’s trial sight has been delayed multiple times, with Hughes staff saying the date is soon.
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Harbor Department
Hughes Aircraft Corp
Harbor’ Commission
Hughes Flying Boat
Hughes Aircraft Co
Hughes
Hughes Base
Howard Hughes
Hearing on Traffic Control Scheduled Oct 7
An all day hearing is scheduled for Friday October 7 in the City Council chambers by the Assembly committee on traffic control. Assemblyman William S. Grant, vice chair, says the hearing allows all communities groups and individuals to present views on public transportation and related problems with suggestions for solutions. The committee aims to explore mass transportation and automobile seat problems and potential legislation. The hearing is the last in a series planned around Los Angeles County.
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Assembly Committee On
William’s. Grant
Grant
Los Angeles County
Polio cases rise slightly in Long Beach this week
Eleven poliomyelitis cases were reported in Long Beach in the past week, with total cases for the year at 66 versus 171 by the same point in 1948. Ten pertussis cases occurred while tuberculosis, measles, and mumps were also noted. no chicken pox, diphtheria, influenza, meningitis, scarlet fever, or rheumatic fever cases were recorded.
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Long Beach
Shipyard Head Outlines Plans to Help Workers
Capt. W. E. Sullivan commander of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard told a rally at the Municipal Auditorium that no stone will be left unturned to find employment for workers facing deactivation. He outlined four relocation options and two deactivation phases, with 400 maintenance personnel remaining after closure. Mayor Hobba and Mayor Chace voiced concerns over subsidence and the yard’s future, urging action and facts to guide decisions.
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Navy
W. E.« Sullivan
Beach Naval Shipyard
Sullivan
Aetire
Wiliam Hobba
Signal Hill
Hobba
Burton W. Chace
Citizens’ Emergency Committee
Naval Shipyard
Robert W. Frater
Group Back From Tahiti
Overton, a Los Angeles Harbor Commissioner and yacht owner, returned aboard the schooner Tiare with his wife, Dr. Ben Bryant, and five crew after a voyage from Honolulu via Tahiti and the Marquesas. The party faced calms and used engines after departing Sept. 9 and reached port safely.
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Tahiti
Marquesas
Hugene
Overton
Los Angeles
Papeete
Honolulu
Council Studies Plan for Shift of Office Personnel
City Council debated City Prosecutor Kenneth Sutherland’s plan to shift office staff and hire one new investigator. A 5 to 1 vote approved delaying decision to Oct 38 amid a split 3 to 3 before, with Kiockstein dissenting and Jackson Seator absent. Sutherland sought to name his admin assistant Robert Rope at 370.2 monthly as investigator at 325 and hire another investigator at 295 monthly.
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Kenneth Sutherland
Gover Sutherland
Jay
Chace
Parmley Kealer
Wagner
Sutherland
Parmley
Kealer
Kiockstein
Carleson
Ramsey
Tle
Robert Rope
Popeye Pup Finds Home After Press Telegraf Appeal
Six week old one eyed pup named Popeye found a new home with Mr and Mrs S Villasor at 204 Anaheim Street after readers alerted the press Telegraf. The dog, temporarily blinded in a track accident, had been sheltering at the city Animal Shelter in San Francisco and will be cared for by new owners and a veterinarian.
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Popeye
Homer Eemer
S. Villasor
Anaheim St
Sheltes
St. and
San Franco
Judge Kincaid urges court reforms for quicker trials
Long Beach dinner hears Los Angeles County Superior Court Chief Judge Clarence L. Kincaid discuss rising backlog and the need to cut delays. He cites 8000 civil cases pending and says efficiency steps reduced trial time from over a year to about ten months by cutting continuances and stalling. A pretrial hearing concept similar to federal practice is considered to shorten proceedings. Carroll M Counts presided. Don Hornsby performed.
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Clarence L. ‘Kincaid
Los Angeles ‘County Superior Court
Long Beach Bar Association
America
Virginia Country Club
Kincaid
Los Angeles County Superior Court
California
Jurist
California, Judicial. Council
Caroll M Counts
Don Hornsby
Man Slashed With Jagged Beer Mug at Seaside Cafe
Edward J. Schuster, 22, of 3435 F. First St., was treated at Seaside Hospital after a man broke a beer mug and slashed him in the face and neck. Twenty three stitches were placed before release. Schuster said he accidentally brushed against the other patron and that the assailant used the mug’s jagged edge.
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Edward J. Schuster
First St
Seaside Hospital
Schuster
Schnyster
Police Round Up Escaper Mabry Returned to Chino
After three weeks of police work in Long Beach, Terry Mabry a 36 year old escaped convict from California Penal Institution at Chino was arrested. Mabry escaped on Sept 5 while working with a road gang. Mabry's wife was taken into custody and she said he was staying at a motel in Tustin. Police arrested him at the motel and he was brought to Long Beach Jail then returned to Chino.
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Long Beach
Terry Mabry
California Penal Institution
Chino
Mabry
Chinoy
Thing
Tustin
Peace Plea Aims to End Missouri Pacific Strike
In St Louis on October 1 a compromise proposal offered by management seeks to end the 23 day Missouri Pacific strike. The plan calls for three referees to decide the dispute with a binding ruling on the company but not on the four striking unions, conditionally requiring immediate withdrawal of the strike by union leaders if accepted.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Injured Airman Reported In Satisfactory Condition
Tech Sergeant Vincent Didio, 30, of March Air Force Base, was listed in satisfactory condition at Long Beach Naval Hospital after an accident Wednesday. He was hurled about 20 feet when a jet seat ejector activated, injuring his shoulder ribs and knee.
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Tech
Vincent
Didio
March
Air’ Force Base
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Didion
Theft of $800 From Coat Pocket Reported
A resident reported theft of 300 dollars from a coat pocket hanging in a closet at her home. The incident occurred in the past week. The complainant, Thomson of 244 Elms Ave, told police yesterday.
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Lillian
T. ‘Thomson
Elms Ave
High School Grid Teams Honored by Long Beach Lions Club
Guests from Polytech, Jordan, St. Anthony's and Wilson High attended the Long Beach Lions Club luncheon at Wilton Hotel for the second annual Salute to the Varsity Football Squads. Jesse Hill of USC urged players that academics matter for college and careers, while coaches Red Montgomery, Ernie Radford, and others were introduced and praised.
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Long Beach City College
Fullerton
City College
Third St
Pine Ave
Viking
Jordan High School
Press-Telegram
Polytechnic
Jordan
St. Anthony's
Wilson High
Svére
Long Beach Lions Club
Wilton Hotel
Jesse Hill
U. S.C
Hill
U.S C
Caltarels
Stanford
Oregon
Red Montgomery
Ernie Radford
Orcas Grenier
Ste
Wilson
Doupilas
Long
Beach
Jimiy McGarrigie
Lions
Clib
Sang
J. Carl Harris
Night and morning weather with improving sunshine
Weather forecast notes low clouds tonight and tomorrow morning, then sunny tomorrow afternoon. Moderate southwest winds shift to light and variable by evening.
Plans to halt erosion at Rainbow Pier by silt deposition
The Harbors Department plans to deposit about 160000 cubic yards of silt between Rainbow and Silver Piers to stabilize the beach. The project, funded by a federal line and city grant, awaits U.S. Army Engineers approval in Los Angeles.
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Harbors Department
Permissio
U.S. Army ‘Engineers
Los Angeles
Marine quizzed on gun possession at police check
U S marine Glenn A Galteren of Camp Pendleton was questioned after patrolman A R Krummert found a pistol in his pocket during a routine stop at 2 30 PM. The man was charged with carrying a weapon as part of the investigation.
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U. S
Glenn
A. R. Krummert
Measure limits parking for family dwellings and zoned uses
The proposal sets off street parking requirements for family dwellings and multifamily housing with up to 100 rooms. It requires one parking space per unit and up to 2000 square feet of commercial space for each. includes front yards and zoning for agricultural or recreational uses. permits events like fairs and previews with concessions in P zone, and allows limited off-site spaces.
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Jaca
Hinaphals
Alta Vale ‘Ous
Vickers to Study Out See a Vera Rextien
Citizens urged to join smog minded study as warden service plans paced agenda. local authorities promise action on pollution concerns and safer streets this week.
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Vera
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